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Homework

Seniors
You are writing the Super Size Me essay in class tomorrow.  Bring your sources. You will type the essay tomorrow night and add the works cited.  Bring it on Friday for peer review, and the final draft is due Monday, December 5th. This is worth 100 points.

Juniors
Read the two pieces by Alexander Pope and the excerpts from The Spectator. We will discuss tomorrow.

Sophomores
Read "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," and do the questions at the end of the reading: Comprehension Check and #2-6. And, yes, expect the vocabulary portion of today's quiz tomorrow.

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